Whip actuator



July 19, 1927; E SCO'TT WHIP ACTUATOR- Filed Jan. v, L192? ELL SCOTT Patented July 19, 1927. f 1,636,249

UNITED sTATEs PATE-Nr vvofFrlicF.;

ELL SCOTT, F WALNUT G ROVE, 'MINNESOTA WHIP ACTUATOR.

Application led January f?, `,Serial-1110. 159,608.

This invention relates to Whip manipulatv,of the spring 15 is 'to restore andVV retainthe ing devices and the primary object, is to proa "iuator to its initial lor primary position. vide means of a novel, efficient and practical shown inthe drawing. vvThe arms 11and `nature for cracking a `ufhip'over, or lwhip- 1,2 are respectively `connected to pullfcords 60 ping the horses of a lead or advance team, 17 and 18, Wh'ch entend back to Within pullingl a. load or implement, and which reachof,thegdrlyer.v y e team is frequently beyond the' convenient Now, when the driver `Wishes toy Whip say reach..ofthe'driveig and consequently, as is the'left, horse of the lead team he gives Well known, Will often develop or fall into a pull on the cord or ropelS'. This action 65 the habit of lagging and not pulling its share rotates the actuator to the left, as indi-cated of the load vto be drawn. Further and more -by dotted lines in Fig. 3, and also brings v specific objects will be disclosed in the course the Whip smartly down, as indicated by the of the following specification, reference bedotted lines in Fig. 1. YWhen the cord is ing had to the accompanying drawing, then released the spring 15, as above menA 70 l5 wherein; i tioned, restores all the parts to their initial Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my device, posit-ions. Itwvill be obvious that a pull showing it as attached to a Wagon or impleon the cord T17 Will bring the Whip down ment tongue. upon the right lead team horse, after Which Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the device it will be similarlyrestored. 75

20 as shown in Fig. 1. y Itis understood that suitable modifica- Fig. 3 is a sectional detail view about as tions may be made in thegeneral'design and on the line 3 3 in Fig. 1. structural details of the device, as herein dis- Referring to the drawing more part-icuclosed, provided, however, that Such modilarly and by reference characters, A desigtications come Within the spirit and scope-50 nates a Wagon or implement tongue which of the appended claims. f

extends between the horses of the rear team Having now therefore fullyshown and deand is usually supported from their neck scribed my invention, whatl claim to befnew yokes. Then a lead or second team is to be and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

added, it is arranged in advance of the main 1. A device of the character described com- 30 or rear team and is customarily hitched by prising a suitable support, a Whip holder a clevis, either to the bracket B, of the carried by the supportend Cables felrjltr tongue, or to a draft equalizing device at ing and partly rotating the holder, said the real' of the tOllguc. 1'11 any GVBTI the' holder having downwardly,projecting arms arrangement of horses is the same, and in t0 which .the Cables ere applied, 90 a5 order to spur on either or both horses of the 2, A device of the Character described @Ohh lead team, without .frightening `the rear prjging a. suitable support, a whip holder horses by the cracl; of a long lash or whip, lerried hv the Support, and means for eh I provide the device shown, and which may multaneously tilting and rotating the be described aS OllOWSI holder, said holder having a pair of down- 40 Suitably secured upon the forward portion wardly projecting relatively rig-id arme te of the tongue A, as by clamping bolts l. and which Seid means' is secured. i a brace, is a standard 6, the upper end of 3, A deviee 0f the eher-eter described 'llill iS plOVldeCl Vith a Pall Of OpQOSltGly Colnprising a Suitable support, a, Thp holden disposed, segmental slots 7. The handle or carried by thefsupport, said' holder` having 100 butt end of an ordinary Whip 8 is detachably L pair Off dverg'jhg arme and menne fer secured in the socket 9, of an actuator' l0,r eeleetively effecting a, Whip acting movement having a pair of lateral, forwardly inclined 0f the helder t0 either Side hv geleetivelvv and diverging arms 11 and 12. l A bolt 13, Creating Seid arme f carried by the actuator 10, extends through 4. A deviee ef the Character described the Slots 7, dnd is Pilolluy as WGH 1S 030mmcomprising a standard having' a transverse :lilly Ctlll'lGCl 111 JUllSe SlOtS. Rettlwvitfdly 0f Opening therethrough, an actuator Carried the bolt'13, the actuator is providedl with by the Standard and havinga socket for suitable means, such as a pin 14, for connece whip, said actuator having a bolt jourtionWith one end of a spring l5. The other naled in said opening and having freedom end of the spring is secured to a collar 16, for oscillating movement in a horizontal adjustable on the standard 6, and the object plane, means for movin'g the actuator so CII :is to etl'ect .1 Whipping action to the Whip, und means for restoring the actuator to its initial position.

5. A device of the character described comprising :i standard having rr slotted opening through its upper end portion7 a whip actuator carried by said upper end portion und hevinginezins rotatably engaging said opening,` with freedom for movement therein in :L horizontil plane, and means for operating the actuator to effect :t whipping` action to e whip held therein.

(i. A device of the character described comprising e standard, zin actuator carried by the upper end of the standard and having` freedom for oscillating movement in vertical and horizontal planes, and means for operating the actuator, seid actuator consisting of a pair of laterally disposed, mi-A gnlarly formed members, the upper ends oi" which have socket formed recesses and the lower ends of which diverge to form terminals for operating devices.

7. A device of the character described comprisina suitable support, u whip holder tiltably and rotatably carried by the support, and means for actuating the holder to eect a, Whipping action to the whip, said holder having a pair of diverging arms which normally extend forwardly from the holder to iorm terminals for the actuating means.

In testimony vvhereoi5 I aliix my signature.

ELL SCOTT. 

